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Married in Seattle

Macomber, Debbie. — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Macomber, Debbie.
ISBN: 9780778326793 (pbk.), 0778326799
Year: 2009
Subjects: Mate selection, Seattle (Wash.), Fiction, Love stories
First comes marriage: Janine's grandfather arranged a husband for her. Although both the intended bride and groom are outraged, Gramps insists they will make a perfect match.;Wanted: perfect partner: Meg's teenage daughter had the nerve to place a personal ad on her behalf. Even worse, the man who answered the ad was perfect, according to her daughter.

But not for long

Wildgen, Michelle. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Wildgen, Michelle.
ISBN: 9780312571412, 0312571410
Year: 2009
Subjects: Married people, Environmental degradation, Interpersonal relations, Madison (Wis.), Fiction, Psychological fiction

The PowerBook

Winterson, Jeanette, 1959- — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-
ISBN: 0375725059 (pbk.), 9780375725050 (pbk.), 0375411119, 9780375411113
Year: 2001
Subjects: Internet, Electronic mail messages, Authorship, Fiction

Rebel Yell

Randall, Alice. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Randall, Alice.
ISBN: 9781596916685 (hardcover), 1596916680 (hardcover)
Year: 2009
Subjects: African American politicians, Conservatives, Politicians' spouses, United States, Fiction

In my father's house

Thoene, Bodie, 1951- — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Thoene, Bodie, 1951-, Thoene, Brock
ISBN: 9781414301204 (pbk.), 1414301200 (pbk.)
Year: 2006
Subjects: Shiloh (Ark. : Imaginary place), Depressions, Country life, Arkansas, Fiction, Historical fiction

Sweet trouble

Mallery, Susan. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Mallery, Susan.
ISBN: 9780373773053 (pbk.), 0373773056 (pbk.)
Year: 2008
Subjects: Sisters, Fiction, Love stories
Five years since leaving Seattle, Jesse Keyes is in a better place. Now it's time to return and face her demons. However, her sisters aren't impressed with the new and improved Jessie. Then there's the father of Jesse's young son, who has made it clear he never wants to see her again--despite the lust that still smolders between them.

Emily ever after

Dayton, Anne. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Dayton, Anne., Vanderbilt, May
ISBN: 0385514638 (alk. paper), 9780385514637 (alk. paper)
Year: 2005
Subjects: Publishers and publishing, Women editors, Young women, New York (N.Y.), Fiction, Christian fiction, Bildungsromans

Sun, sea, and murder

Jeffries, Roderic, 1926- — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Jeffries, Roderic, 1926-
ISBN: 9780727867476
Year: 2009
Subjects: Alvarez, Enrique (Fictitious character), Police, Spain, Majorca (Spain), Fiction, Mystery fiction

Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen

Chin, Marilyn. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Chin, Marilyn.
ISBN: 9780393331455 (pbk.), 0393331458 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Sisters, Twins, Chinese American women, Fiction, Domestic fiction

Death in the clouds

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
ISBN: 0425099148 (pbk.)
Year: 1993
Subjects:

The power of one

Adams, Jane, 1960- — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Adams, Jane, 1960-
ISBN: 9780727867629, 0727867628
Year: 2009
Subjects: Martin, Rina (Fictitious character), McGregor, Sebastian (Fictitious character), Women private investigators, Computer games industry, Murder, Fiction, Employees, Crimes against, Investigation, Mystery fiction

Strangers and sojourners

O'Brien, Michael 1948- — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: O'Brien, Michael 1948-
ISBN: 0898706092 (acid-free paper), 9780898706093 (acid-free paper), 0898709237 (acid-free paper), 9780898709230 (acid-free paper)
Year: 1997
Subjects: Immigrants, British Columbia, Fiction, Historical fiction, Domestic fiction
In the aftermath of World War I, an Englishwoman emigrates to British Columbia where she falls in love with an Irish trapper who is escaping a past. By the author of Father Elijah: An Apocalypse.

The nothing job

Oldham, Nick, 1956- — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Oldham, Nick, 1956-
ISBN: 9780727867681
Year: 2009
Subjects: Christie, Henry (Fictitious character), Police, England, Fiction, Mystery fiction

Murder in house

Heley, Veronica. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Heley, Veronica.
ISBN: 9780727867834
Year: 2009
Subjects: Mystery fiction

4:50 from Paddington

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
ISBN: 0451200519 (pbk.), 9780451200518 (pbk.)
Year: 2000
Subjects: Marple, Jane (Fictitious character), England, Fiction

Tree spiker

Roselle, Mike. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Roselle, Mike., Mahan, Josh
ISBN: 9780312556198, 0312556195
Year: 2009
Subjects: Deep ecology, Environmentalism, Environmental protection, Conservation of natural resources, Earth First! (Organization)

When Autumn leaves

Foster, Amy S. — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Foster, Amy S.
ISBN: 9781590202555 (pbk.), 1590202554
Year: 2009
Subjects: Magic, British Columbia, Fiction
In the picturesque Pacific coast town of Avening, it's hard not to believe in magic. This is a town where the shoes in the window always fit, where you can buy a love potion at the corner shop, and where local lore seamlessly mixes with the supernatural. And then there's Autumn, Avening's most beloved resident, shopkeeper, and guardian of the Jaen sisterhood. When she receives word she's been promoted within the order, Autumn must undertake the task of selecting her own replacement. But who in Avening is magical enough to take Autumn's place?-- Publisher's description.;Autumn, Avening's beloved resident witch, has been promoted to a higher coven and has to replace herself. But who in Avening is in tune enough with her own personal magic to take over the huge responsibility of town witch? Autumn has a list of thirteen women and men who just might have what it takes--but how can she get them to open their eyes to the magic in their lives?

Ted Kennedy

Klein, Edward, 1936- — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Klein, Edward, 1936-
ISBN: 9780307451033, 0307451038
Year: 2009
Subjects: Legislators, Kennedy, Edward M, United States, United States, Biography

The midnight room

Gorman, Edward. — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Gorman, Edward.
ISBN: 9780843961089 (pbk.), 0843961082
Year: 2009
Subjects: Serial murderers, Extortion, Fiction, Suspense fiction
"It started as a burglary. That would have been bad enough. But when the masked intruder forced Dr. Olson at gunpoint to open his safe, the doctor knew he was really in trouble. In the safe were two DVDs, private movies he had made of those girls he had kidnapped...and killed. Suddenly the burglary became blackmail. But blackmailing a serial killer can be a dangerous game. Especially when he's as smart--and good with a scalpel--as Dr. Olson."--p. [4] of cover.

Perfection

Metz, Julie. — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Metz, Julie.
ISBN: 1401322557, 9781401322557
Year: 2009
Subjects: Marriage, Husband and wife, Adultery
Documents the author's journey of grief, betrayal, and healing after the sudden early death of her husband to a pulmonary embolism, an event that rendered her a single mother and led to the discovery that her husband had been having an affair throughout their marriage with one of her best friends.

Some dream for fools

Guène, Faïza. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Guène, Faïza.
ISBN: 9780151014200, 0151014205
Year: 2009
Subjects: Immigrants, Families, Family, France, Algeria, Fiction, Social conditions
Struggling with the realities of her unemployed father, her massacre-victim mother, and her reckless adolescent brother, Ahlm̈e, a young Algerian immigrant living on the outskirts of Paris, struggles to hold fast to her dreams in the face of her limitations and responsibilities.;ATLAS.

As if love were enough

Fleming, Anne Taylor. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Fleming, Anne Taylor.
ISBN: 1401301053, 9781401301057
Year: 2006
Subjects: Single mothers, Fiction, Domestic fiction

Social lives

Walker, Wendy, 1967- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Walker, Wendy, 1967-
ISBN: 9780312378165, 0312378165
Year: 2009
Subjects: Rich people, Housewives, Married women, Suburban life, Winchester (Conn. : Town), Fiction, Domestic fiction, Psychological fiction
Step into picture-perfect Wilshire, Connecticut, home to some of the most privileged people in the world. But one woman's desperate act could bring the precariously balanced social order crashing down.

Velva Jean learns to drive

Niven, Jennifer. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Niven, Jennifer.
ISBN: 9780452289451
Year: 2009
Subjects: 20th century, Appalachian Region, Southern, Fiction, History, Bildungsromans

Federations

Adams, John Joseph — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Adams, John Joseph
ISBN: 9781607012016 (pbk.), 1607012014 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Science fiction, American

The shortest distance between two women

Radish, Kris. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Radish, Kris.
ISBN: 9780553805413 (pbk.), 055380541X (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Women, Female friendship, Fiction, Family relationships

The greatest knight

Chadwick, Elizabeth. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Chadwick, Elizabeth.
ISBN: 9781402225185 (pbk. : alk. paper), 1402225180 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Knights and knighthood, Favorites, Royal, Pembroke, William Marshal, Eleanor, Henry II, 1154-1189, Great Britain, Fiction, History, Courts and courtiers, Historical fiction, Biographical fiction

The human disguise

O'Neal, James, 1960- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: O'Neal, James, 1960-
ISBN: 9780765320148, 0765320142
Year: 2009
Subjects: Science fiction

In the Valley of the Kings

Holt, Terrence. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Holt, Terrence.
ISBN: 0393071219, 9780393071214
Year: 2009
Subjects: Short stories, Short stories

The new space opera 2

Dozois, Gardner R — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Dozois, Gardner R, Strahan, Jonathan
ISBN: 9780061562358 (pbk.), 0061562351 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Science fiction, Short stories

Elvis and the grateful dead

Webb, Peggy. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Webb, Peggy.
ISBN: 9780758225917
Year: 2009
Subjects: Basset hound, Cousins, Mississippi, Fiction, Social life and customs, Mystery fiction

Star Wars: Republic Commando

Traviss, Karen. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Traviss, Karen.
ISBN: 9780345498007, 0345498003
Year: 2007
Subjects: Good and evil, Imaginary wars and battles, Science fiction, Fiction, Star Wars fiction
With the horrors of the Clone Wars continuing to rage on unchecked, the elite warriors of the Republic stumble upon a growing menace that threatens their victory, the Omega Squad's loyalty is tested by a shocking discovery, and the lines begin to blur between friend and foe.

Ground up

Idov, Michael, 1976- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Idov, Michael, 1976-
ISBN: 9780374531546 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0374531544 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Coffeehouses, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Fiction
Mark and Nina descend on New York to educate the locals on authentic cafe culture. What follows is a brutal and hilarious downward spiral that will strip them of money, friends, and finally, sanity--and offer salvation through something they had never experienced: failure.

The rapture

Jensen, Liz, 1959- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Jensen, Liz, 1959-
ISBN: 9780385528214
Year: 2009
Subjects: Women psychotherapists, Teenage girls, Mothers, Extrasensory perception, Fiction, Crimes against, Psychological fiction

Bloodroot

Loehfelm, Bill. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Loehfelm, Bill.
ISBN: 9780399155925, 0399155929
Year: 2009
Subjects: Brothers, Fiction, Suspense fiction

I am Not Sidney Poitier

Everett, Percival L. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Everett, Percival L.
ISBN: 9781555975272 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: African American young men, Orphans, Inheritance and succession, Turner, Ted, Southern States, Fiction, Race relations

Harbor lights

Woods, Sherryl. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Woods, Sherryl.
ISBN: 9780778326410, 0778326411
Year: 2009
Subjects: Single fathers, Booksellers and bookselling, Trust, Man-woman relationships, Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.), Fiction, Love stories
"Struggling in his role as a newly single father, former Army medic Kevin O'Brien moves home to Chesapeake Shores. He wants a haven for himself and his toddler son, surrounded by the family he knows he can count on, and a future that's nothing like his past. But Kevin is suddenly facing a risk he hadn't anticipated, in the form of Main Street bookseller Shanna Carlyle. Shanna immediately recognizes Kevin as a wounded soul--she's had way too much experience with the type. Still, this charming O'Brien man and his son are almost impossible to resist. Then, just when the barriers are toppling, someone from Shanna's past appears. Confronted with a threat to their hard-won serenity, Kevin and Shanna face their toughest challenge--learning to trust again."--p. [4] of cover.

A hint of wicked

Haymore, Jennifer. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Haymore, Jennifer.
ISBN: 0446540293, 9780446540292 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Absence and presumption of death, Marriage, Man-woman relationships, Fiction, Love stories, Historical fiction
"Sophie, the Duchess of Calton, has finally moved on. After seven years mourning the loss of her husband, Garrett, at Waterloo, she has married his best friend and heir, Tristan. Sophie gives herself to him body and soul ... until the day Garrett returns from the Continent, demanding his title, his lands--and his wife. Now Sophie must choose between her first love and her new love, knowing that no matter what, her choice will destroy one of the men she adores. Will it be Garrett, her childhood sweetheart, whose loss nearly destroyed her once already? Or will it be Tristan, beloved friend turned lover, who supported her through the last, dark years and introduced her to a passion she had never known? As her two husbands battle for her heart, Sophie finds herself immersed in a dangerous game--where the stakes are not only love ... but life and death."--p. [4] of cover.

Aztec

Jennings, Gary. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Jennings, Gary.
ISBN: 0765317508 (pbk.)
Year: 2006
Subjects:

Time for eternity

Squires, Susan. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Squires, Susan.
ISBN: 9780312943530 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Vampires, Time travel, Fiction, Occult fiction, Love stories

The goodbye cousins

Leffler, Maggie. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Leffler, Maggie.
ISBN: 9780385340472 (trade pbk.), 0385340478 (trade pbk.), 9780553592580, 0553592580
Year: 2009
Subjects: Cousins, Family secrets, Fiction

Forget me knot

Margolis, Sue. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Margolis, Sue.
ISBN: 9780385339001 (trade pbk.), 0385339003 (trade pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Florists, Fiction, Love stories

Feminista

Kennedy, Erica. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Kennedy, Erica.
ISBN: 9780312538798, 0312538790
Year: 2009
Subjects: African American women, Man-woman relationships, City and town life, New York (State), New York, Fiction, Chick lit
Celebrity journalist Sydney Zamora wants a man badly so Sydney's sister ambushes her with the services of Mitzi Berman, $40,000 a shot Manhattan matchmaker extraordinaire. Mitzi has her eyes on Max Cooper, the scion of Harvey's department store. And nothing could make either Sydney or Max Cooper run faster than Mitzi in this fast-moving story of independence, image and the complicated relationship between the sexes.

Atlas shrugged

Rand, Ayn. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Rand, Ayn.
ISBN: 9780452011878 (pbk.), 0452011876 (pbk.)
Year: 1999
Subjects: Egoism, Capitalism, Objectivism (Philosophy), Fiction, Adventure fiction, Science fiction

The marriage bureau for rich people

Zama, Farahad. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Zama, Farahad.
ISBN: 0399155589, 9780399155581
Year: 2009
Subjects: Marriage, Dating services, India, Fiction, Humorous fiction, Love stories

Censoring an Iranian love story

Mandanīʹpūr, Shahriyār. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Mandanīʹpūr, Shahriyār., Khalili, Sara
ISBN: 0307269787, 9780307269782
Year: 2009
Subjects: Man-woman relationships, Authorship, 21st century, Iran, Fiction, Love stories
Shahriar Mandanipour, a contemporary and controversial Iranian writer, presents his first novel written in English. Seamlessly entwining two related narratives, Mandanipour unfolds the tale of an Iranian writer attempting to pen a love story set in present-day Iran. Similar to Romeo and Juliet, the writer's two lovers struggle to endure against powerful external forces. Unfortunately, though, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance furiously attempts to censor the writer's work.

Hazards

Resnick, Michael D. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Resnick, Michael D.
ISBN: 9781596062306
Year: 2009
Subjects: Swindlers and swindling, Adventure stories, Fantasy fiction, Fiction

Strong enough to die

Land, Jon. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Land, Jon.
ISBN: 9780765312587, 0765312581
Year: 2009
Subjects: Texas Rangers, Fiction, Suspense fiction

The other lands

Durham, David Anthony, 1969- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Durham, David Anthony, 1969-
ISBN: 9780385523325
Year: 2009
Subjects: Fantasy fiction

Twisted tree

Meyers, Kent. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Meyers, Kent.
ISBN: 9780151013890, 0151013896
Year: 2009
Subjects: Missing persons, Loss (Psychology), City and town life, South Dakota, Fiction, Psychological fiction

Look to the East

Lang, Maureen. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Lang, Maureen.
ISBN: 9781414324357 (pbk. : alk. paper), 1414324359 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Vendetta, Villages, France, Fiction, Christian fiction

Drawing in the dust

Klein, Zoe. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Klein, Zoe.
ISBN: 9781416599128, 1416599126
Year: 2009
Subjects: Archaeologists, Scrolls, Israel, Fiction

My sister's keeper

Picoult, Jodi, 1966- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
ISBN: 9781439157268 (pbk.), 143915726X
Year: 2009
Subjects: Sisters, Teenage girls, Leukemia, Organ donors, Sick children, Mothers and daughters, Fiction, Patients

Desire untamed

Palmer, Pamela. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Palmer, Pamela., Palmer, Pamela
ISBN: 9780061667510 (pbk.), 006166751X (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Immortalism, Fiction, Occult fiction, Love stories

Darkness calls

Liu, Marjorie M. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Liu, Marjorie M.
ISBN: 9780441017300 (pbk.), 0441017304 (pbk
Year: 2009
Subjects: Demonology, Fiction, Occult fiction, Love stories

The love children

French, Marilyn, 1929-2009. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: French, Marilyn, 1929-2009.
ISBN: 9781558616066, 1558616063
Year: 2009
Subjects:

Chinese whispers

May, Peter, 1951- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: May, Peter, 1951-
ISBN: 1590586085, 9781590586082
Year: 2009
Subjects: Campbell, Margaret (Fictitious character), Serial murder investigation, Americans, China, Fiction, Suspense fiction, Mystery fiction
The media and the terror-stricken public are demanding the arrest of the Beijing Ripper and Li Yan, the head of Beijing's serious crime squad, has been put in the spotlight. American pathologist Margaret Campbell is invited to perform an autopsy on one of the victims and her results send shockwaves through the investigation. Then Li begins receiving personal letters from the killer, and his life and career start falling apart.

Possession

Byatt, A. S. 1936- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Byatt, A. S. 1936-
ISBN: 0679735909
Year: 1991
Subjects: Poets, Manuscripts, Literary historians, England, Fiction, Collectors and collecting, Love stories

Holly's inbox

Denham, Holly. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Denham, Holly.
ISBN: 1402219032 (pbk.), 9781402219030 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Electronic mail messages, Receptionists, Fiction, Chick lit

Well read and dead

O'Connell, Catherine, 1955- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: O'Connell, Catherine, 1955-
ISBN: 9780061673252 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Upper class, Missing persons, Chicago (Ill.), Fiction, Mystery fiction

First you run

St. Claire, Roxanne. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: St. Claire, Roxanne.
ISBN: 9781439149362 (pbk.), 1439149364 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Man-woman relationships, Fiction

Dark road rising

Elrod, P. N. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Elrod, P. N.
ISBN: 9780441017553, 044101755X
Year: 2009
Subjects: Vampires, Fleming, Jack (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Fantasy fiction

Deadly intent

La Plante, Lynda. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: La Plante, Lynda.
ISBN: 9781416588313 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Travis, Anna (Fictitious character), Women detectives, Murder, England, London, Fiction, Investigation, Mystery fiction

A Caribbean mystery

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
ISBN: 9781579127381, 157912738X
Year: 1992
Subjects: Marple, Jane (Fictitious character), Women detectives, England, Caribbean Area, Fiction, Mystery fiction
Miss Marple is on a vacation in the West Indies that is peaceful and relaxing -- until Major Palgrave turns up dead.

The boy who harnessed the wind

Kamkwamba, William, 1987- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Kamkwamba, William, 1987-, Mealer, Bryan
ISBN: 9780061730320, 0061730327
Year: 2009
Subjects: Inventors, Windmills, Water-supply, Rural, Rural electrification, Electric power production, Kamkwamba, William, Malawi, Rural conditions
Relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.

The last resort

Rogers, Douglas, 1968- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Rogers, Douglas, 1968-
ISBN: 9780307407979
Year: 2009
Subjects: Resorts, Whites, Journalists, Rogers, Douglas, 1980-, Zimbabwe, Biography, Family, History

Held hostage

Cooper, Ken, 1937- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Cooper, Ken, 1937-
ISBN: 9780800794569 (pbk.), 0800794567 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Christian biography, Prisoners, Criminals, Bank robberies, Cooper, Ken, United States, Religious life

I can't believe I'm sitting next to a Republican

Stein, Harry, 1948- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Stein, Harry, 1948-
ISBN: 9781594032530 (hardcover : alk. paper), 159403253X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Conservatism, Authors, American, Journalists, Stein, Harry, 2001-2009, 20th century, United States, Biography, Politics and government, Political and social views

Anne Frank

Prose, Francine, 1947- — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Prose, Francine, 1947-
ISBN: 9780061430794
Year: 2009
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Creative writing, Frank, Anne, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Personal narratives, Literary art, History and criticism, Authorship

American rebel

Eliot, Marc. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Eliot, Marc.
ISBN: 9780307336880
Year: 2009
Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses, Motion picture producers and directors, Eastwood, Clint, United States, Biography

My father, maker of the trees

Irivuzumugabe, Eric. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Irivuzumugabe, Eric., Lawrence Tracey D
ISBN: 9780801013201 (cloth), 0801013208 (cloth)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Christian biography, Genocide, Irivuzumugabe, Eric, Civil War, 1994, Rwanda, History

A.D.

Neufeld, Josh. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Neufeld, Josh.
ISBN: 9780307378149, 0307378144
Year: 2009
Subjects: Disaster victims, Hurricane Katrina, 2005, Graphic novels, 21st century, New Orleans (La.), Louisiana, New Orleans, Biography, Comic books, strips, etc, Social aspects, Social conditions, History

Gourmet rhapsody

Barbery, Muriel, 1969- — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Barbery, Muriel, 1969-, Anderson, Alison
ISBN: 9781933372952 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Gourmets, Critics, Paris (France), Fiction

Flinx transcendent

Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Foster, Alan Dean, 1946-
ISBN: 9780345496072 (alk. paper), 0345496078 (alk. paper)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Humanx Commonwealth (Imaginary organization), Flinx (Fictitious character), Pip (Fictitious character : Foster), Fiction, Science fiction
Flinx is the only one with even the tiniest chance of stopping the evil colossus barreling in to destroy the Humanx Commonwealth (and everything else in the Milky Way). With time running out, he must seek out an ancient sentient weapons platform, dodge oblivion-craving assassins, and escape the bloodthirsty AAnn--all while venturing to places where the laws of physics fear to tread!

Water ghosts

Ryan, Shawna Yang, 1976- — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Ryan, Shawna Yang, 1976-, Ryan, Shawna Yang
ISBN: 9781594202070, 1594202079
Year: 2009
Subjects: Chinese, Immigrants, Historical fiction, California, Delta Region, Locke (Calif.), Delta Region (Calif.), Fiction

That certain spark

Hake, Cathy Marie. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Hake, Cathy Marie.
ISBN: 9780764203206 (pbk.), 0764203207 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Texas, Fiction, Love stories, Christian fiction
Woman physician Taylor Bestman receives a cold welcome from the citizens of Gooding, Texas, and especially from Karl Van der Vort, the town blacksmith, who becomes her first patient ... against his will. Though hesitant to believe in Taylor's doctoring skills, Karl finds himself oddly protective of this surprising and determined woman.

The end is now

Stennett, Rob, 1977- — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Stennett, Rob, 1977-
ISBN: 9780310286790 (softcover)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Armageddon, Goodland (Kan.), Fiction, Satire, Christian fiction

A monster's notes

Sheck, Laurie. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Sheck, Laurie.
ISBN: 9780307271051, 0307271056
Year: 2009
Subjects: Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Self-realization, Fiction, Epic fiction

Déjà vu

Perkins, Suzetta. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Perkins, Suzetta.
ISBN: 9781593092597 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Women ex-convicts, African American women, Fiction

New world monkeys

Mauro, Nancy. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Mauro, Nancy.
ISBN: 9780307461414
Year: 2009
Subjects: Married people, Roadkill, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Fiction, Humorous fiction

Remedies

Ledger, Kate. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Ledger, Kate.
ISBN: 9780399155895, 0399155899
Year: 2009
Subjects: Physicians, Medicine, Man-woman relationships, Fiction, Research, Family relationships

It feels so good when I stop

Pernice, Joseph T., 1967- — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Pernice, Joseph T., 1967-
ISBN: 9781594488740, 1594488746
Year: 2009
Subjects: Humorous fiction

The cry of the sloth

Savage, Sam, 1940- — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Savage, Sam, 1940-
ISBN: 9781566892315 (alk. paper), 1566892317 (alk. paper)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Middle-aged men, Authorship, Revenge, Psychological fiction, Fiction

Tongue

Jo, Kyung Ran. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Jo, Kyung Ran., Kim, Chi-Young
ISBN: 9781596916517 (pbk.), 1596916516 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Women cooks, Self-realization in women, Cookery, Psychological fiction, Fiction

Suddenly one summer

Freethy, Barbara. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Freethy, Barbara.
ISBN: 9781439101568 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Reporters and reporting, Fiction, Love stories

Try fear

Bell, James Scott. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Bell, James Scott.
ISBN: 1599956861, 9781599956862
Year: 2009
Subjects: Buchanan, Ty (Fictitious character), Lawyers, Murder, California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Calif.), Fiction, Suspense fiction, Christian fiction, Legal stories
For Ty Buchanan defending suspected drunk driver Carl Richess seems routine enough. Ty takes the case only out of sympathy for the defendant's mother. But then the simple DUI becomes a homicide.

Straight from the hip

Mallery, Susan. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Mallery, Susan.
ISBN: 9780373773831 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Blind, Fiction, Love stories

The last day

Landis, James David. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Landis, James David.
ISBN: 9781586421656 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003-, Snipers, New Hampshire, Fiction, Veterans, Psychological fiction, Christian fiction

Thug lovin'

Clark, Wahida. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Clark, Wahida.
ISBN: 9780446178099, 0446178098
Year: 2009
Subjects: African American criminals, Fiction, Love stories
"Tasha and Trae, the hood's favorite couple, are still together and have moved far away from the drama in New York for the sunny skies in Los Angeles...or so they think"--Provided by publisher.

The weight of silence

Gudenkauf, Heather. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Gudenkauf, Heather.
ISBN: 9780778327400 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Missing children, Family secrets, Iowa, Fiction, Suspense fiction

The island at the end of the world

Taylor, Sam, 1970- — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Taylor, Sam, 1970-
ISBN: 9780143116257, 0143116258
Year: 2009
Subjects: Floods, Brothers and sisters, Fathers and sons, Islands, Isolation (Philosophy), Fiction, Social aspects

Free agent

Duns, Jeremy, 1973- — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Duns, Jeremy, 1973-
ISBN: 9780670021017, 0670021016
Year: 2009
Subjects: Intelligence officers, Cold War, Great Britain, Fiction, Spy stories

Order in chaos

Whyte, Jack. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Whyte, Jack.
ISBN: 9780399155772
Year: 2009
Subjects: Crusades, Templars, Fiction, Adventure fiction, Historical fiction

Dust to dust

Graham, Heather. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Graham, Heather.
ISBN: 9780778326540 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: End of the world, Life change events, Fiction, Occult fiction

The holy bullet

Rocha, Luís Miguel, 1976- — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Rocha, Luís Miguel, 1976-, McAllister, Robin
ISBN: 9780399156007
Year: 2009
Subjects: John Paul, Fiction, Assassination attempts

Curse the dawn

Chance, Karen. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Chance, Karen.
ISBN: 9780451412706 (pbk.)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Palmer, Cassandra (Fictitious character), Clairvoyants, Vampires, Fiction, Occult fiction

Atlantis rising

Day, Alyssa. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Day, Alyssa.
ISBN: 9780425214497 (pbk.), 0425214494 (pbk.)
Year: 2007
Subjects: Women social workers, Atlantis (Legendary place), Virginia Beach (Va.), Fiction, Love stories, Fantasy fiction

Of bees and mist

Setiawan, Erick. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Setiawan, Erick.
ISBN: 1416596240 (alk. paper), 9781416596240 (alk. paper)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Young women, Families, Family secrets, Fiction, Psychological fiction, Horror fiction

The year before the flood

Sublette, Ned, 1951- — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Sublette, Ned, 1951-
ISBN: 9781556528248 (hardcover : alk. paper), 1556528248 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Popular music, Musicology, Musicians, Music, Louisiana, New Orleans, New Orleans (La.), History and criticism, Social aspects, History, Political aspects, Social conditions

The Wauchula Woods accord

Siebert, Charles. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author: Siebert, Charles.
ISBN: 9780743295864 (alk. paper), 0743295862 (alk. paper)
Year: 2009
Subjects: Captive chimpanzees, Human-animal relationships, Behavior